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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
(a) Indifference and protest.
(b) Avoidance and protest.
(c) Curiosity and indifference.
(d) Fierce loyalty and avoidance.

2. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She isn't interested in him.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She is too young.

3. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Stoner and Finch.
(b) Frye and Stoner.
(c) Katherine and Finch.
(d) Stoner.

4. What does Stoner question Walker about to see his basic knowledge during his oral examination?
(a) History of literature.
(b) The Canterbury Tales.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Renaissance literature.

5. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?
(a) The beach.
(b) A park.
(c) The library.
(d) The university.

6. Who attacks Katherine's presentation in Stoner's seminar?
(a) Charles Walker.
(b) William Stoner.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Ed Frye.

7. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He doesn't want the job.
(c) He asks for time to think.
(d) He laughs.

8. What is the only reason Stoner won't leave Edith?
(a) He loves her.
(b) Grace.
(c) Their house.
(d) Her money.

9. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Desperately unhappy.
(d) Curious.

10. Who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Gordon Finch.

11. Where do Stoner and Katherine go for their only trip away together?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) The Ozarks.

12. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?
(a) More direct with colleagues.
(b) Becomes sharper.
(c) Becomes nicer.
(d) Becomes ruder.

13. What does Katherine wish for Stoner to do for her when she visits him in Chapter XII?
(a) Help her with a paper.
(b) Hire her as an assistant.
(c) Read her dissertation.
(d) Date her.

14. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. What does Stoner find unfavorable at work after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) His teaching schedule.
(b) He only has one class.
(c) He loses his office.
(d) He has less seminars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?

2. What does Walker's committee decide about his fate after his oral examination?

3. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?

4. Who is described as a cripple in the book?

5. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?

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